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Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:29:24 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-111722[…] Which nations have the most red ink. […]
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Sun, 06 Apr 2014 00:31:27 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-86815[…] Which nations have the most red ink. […]
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Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:29:00 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-86173[…] what about America, where government borrowing from the private sector now accounts for 82 percent of GDP? Have we reached a danger point for government […]
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Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:29:00 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-86174[…] what about America, where government borrowing from the private sector now accounts for 82 percent of GDP? Have we reached a danger point for government […]
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Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:50:13 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-73495[…] Which nations have the most red ink. […]
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Mon, 27 May 2013 15:23:37 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-65715[…] Which nations have the most red ink. […]
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:34:16 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-62328[…] Which nations have the most red ink. […]
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:22:36 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-62284[…] Which nations have the most red ink. […]
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Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:03:51 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-59498[…] Which nations have the most red ink. […]
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Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:42:09 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-59478[…] Which nations have the most red ink. […]
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Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:06:51 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-57736[…] in 2010, I posted a fascinating map from the Economist website, showing debt burdens (as a share of GDP) for nations around the world. This data showed lots of […]
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:28:37 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-47018[…] are also more specialized rankings, such as the one measuring per-capita government debt, the Moocher Index of state-by-state government dependency, and my ranking of which President has […]
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Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:40:07 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-46966[…] are also more specialized rankings, such as the one measuring per-capita government debt, the Moocher Index of state-by-state government dependency, and my ranking of which President has […]
]]>By: We must change the upward trend of spending in our country now or entitlement debt will bankrupt us « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruthhttps://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-40700
Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:35:19 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-40700[…] in 2010, I posted a fascinating map from the Economist website, showing debt burdens (as a share of GDP) for nations around the world. This data showed lots of […]
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Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:51:27 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-36194[…] in 2010, I posted a fascinating map from the Economist website, showing debt burdens (as a share of GDP) for nations around the world. This data showed lots of […]
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Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:00:26 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-35981[…] in 2010, I posted a fascinating map from the Economist website, showing debt burdens (as a share of GDP) for nations around the world. This data showed lots of […]
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Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:59:51 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-30602[…] I get pessimistic about the future when I think about wasteful spending programs that will drive almost all developed nations into bankruptcy. And America is on that list, by the way, because of our poorly designed entitlement […]
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Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:26:31 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-30534[…] I get pessimistic about the future when I think about wasteful spending programs that will drive almost all developed nations into bankruptcy. And America is on that list, by the way, because of our poorly designed entitlement […]
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Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:37:03 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-30472[…] I get pessimistic about the future when I think about wasteful spending programs that will drive almost all developed nations into bankruptcy. And America is on that list, by the way, because of our poorly designed entitlement programs. […]
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Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:07:14 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-30430[…] I get pessimistic about the future when I think about wasteful spending programs that will drive almost all developed nations into bankruptcy. And America is on that list, by the way, because of our poorly designed entitlement […]
]]>By: Which European Nation Will Be the Next Debt Domino…or Will It Be the United States? | Federal Reservationshttps://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-6810
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:27:59 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-6810[…] rule of thumb. This chart, based on 2010 data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (which can be viewed with a very user-friendly map), shows that Japan’s debt is nearly 200 percent of GDP, yet Japanese debt is considered very […]
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Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:16:12 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-6799[…] rule of thumb. This chart, based on 2010 data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (which can be viewed with a very user-friendly map), shows that Japan’s debt is nearly 200 percent of GDP, yet Japanese debt is considered very […]
]]>By: Which Nation Will Be the Next European Debt Domino…or Will It Be the United States? | Cato @ Libertyhttps://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-6780
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:08:12 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-6780[…] rule of thumb. This chart, based on 2010 data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (which can be viewed with a very user-friendly map), shows that Japan’s debt is nearly 200 percent of GDP, yet Japanese debt is considered very […]
]]>By: Which Nation Will Be the Next European Debt Domino…or Will It Be the United States? « The Market Center Bloghttps://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-6767
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:02:47 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-6767[…] rule of thumb. This chart, based on 2010 data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (which can be viewed with a very user-friendly map), shows that Japan’s debt is nearly 200 percent of GDP, yet Japanese debt is considered very […]
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Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:03:56 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-6757[…] not necessarily a good rule of thumb. This data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (which can be viewed with a very user-friendly map) shows that Japan’s debt is nearly 200 percent of GDP, yet Japanese debt is considered very […]
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Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:01:33 +0000http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-3979Thanks for the clarification!

I must admit, I was stunned by the Canadian numbers that The Economist debt map provided. My recent readings have been using pre-fiscal crisis numbers so, while aware of the increase of debt due to government stimulus, I was hardly prepared for the reality of the figures.